October 27, 2010

October 22, 2010

theartVIEw among the huge canvasses of Hyperrealism at the MUMOK. Chuck Close's Richard Serra looks down on you while you can inspect every wrinkle and pimple in his face. Shiny surfaces of works by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Don Eddy or photos by William Eggleston or Lee Friedlander are reflecting the all american way of life of the late 60s. What once was shockingly real has now put on an extra layer of nostalgia. The show is extended by works of pop artists like Warhol, Wesselman and Lichtenstein and links to the presence with photographic works by Gursky, Wall, Ruff, Struth and Demand.

October 19, 2010

theartVIEw previewing "PRIVATE WURM" at the Essl Museum in Klosterneuburg. Centrepiece of this show by Erwin Wurm is "The Narrow House" - a detailed replica of the house where Wurm grew up in but shrinked to only one seventh of it's original width. Squeeze yourself in, "walking" through the house gives you a claustrphobic feeling, enjoy the true 70s wall papers and retro design furniture. To give it an extra "homely" touch Wurm has added private photographs of his childhood!
The exhibition is completed with furniture made from retro wardrobes and kitchen cupboards and a giant "Polizeikappe" (police cap), a symbol of authority and protection in Austria. Til Jan 30, 2011.

October 18, 2010

theartVIEw visits five shows at this gallerywalk in the Inner City of Vienna. Ulrike Hrobsky presents works by Joerg Bach, Wolfgang Exner new paintings by Franziska Maderthaner "Saints and Sinners". At Galerie Lang Martin Krammer shows "Waldwiener" - wooden sculptures and paintings on wood. Lukas Feichter has a show with Adam Bota's paintings and in the basement new photo and video works by various artists. And finally Heike Curtze presents works by Gerold Tusch.

October 15, 2010

theartVIEw - VALIE EXPORT "Time and Countertime" at Unteres Belvedere shows mostly multi media works from the last two decades and a brand new statue made for this occasion. Parallel opened a second exhibition with VALIE EXPORT's works at the Lentos in Linz.

October 12, 2010

theartVIEw at the Albertina, where more than a hundred of Michelangelo's precious drawings are on display. The biggest exhibition of of works by the genius since twenty years shows how pioneering he was not only in his art but also shaped the picture of the modern artist in society.

October 10, 2010

theartVIEw meets Helmut Palla at Semper Depot, where he takes a pictures of willing art lovers seated on one of his objects. Volunteers could chose from numerous beautiful sculptures made of used chairs in the exhibition and the output is displayed on Facebook....

October 08, 2010

theartVIEw dives into Bruce Conners "The 70s". The Kunsthalle Wien shows paintings and films by one of the pioneers of today's visual film language we all know from MTV. Although he was friends with the big names of the Beat Generation and Hollywood like Jack Kerouac and Dennis Hopper and influenced several generations of artists and filmmakers he has remained an insider’s tip.

October 07, 2010

theartVIEw has a look at two new exhibitions in the Art/Brut Center in Gugging. The Center shows works of every day objects eleborately decorated and covered with fabrics and yarn by Judith Scott together with tribal art from New Guinea - war shields beautifully decorated with abstract designs full of underlying magical meaning. A small extra show is dedicated to the Serbian artist Sava Seculic.